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Mr. Arnold Daly "Craig Kennedy"
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Mr. Edwin Arden Wu-Fang
The Chinese Master Criminal
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The New York police are myetlfird by
a series of murders nnd other crime.
Tha principal clue to tha rrlmlnala la a
warning latter, which la sent the vic
tim, signed with a "clutching hand.'
(Tha latat vkittm of the myatertnus es
aassln la Taylor Dodge, tha wealthy tn
smrnnce president. Hla daughter, Klalne,
mploy Craig Kennedy, tha famous
(aclentlflo detective, to try to unravel the
Snvstery. What Kennedy accomplishes 1
told by hla friend, Jatneaon. a news
paper man. , .
Kach chapter deala with a new plot
? gainst the Uvea of Kennedy and Elaine,
nit each time the rnaater criminal la de
feated by tha marvelous aklll of Ken
nedy. At last Kennedy dlecovera try
Clutching Hand to be Klalne trusted
lawyer, Bennett. Hla Identity known, he
flees to the den of a Chinese criminal,
twho had aasleted him In many of hla
Criminal operation.
After the Chinaman forces Bennett to
Sell tha secret hiding place of hla atolen
Wealth, he gives him a potion which will
auapend animation for months. In this
(unconscious state, Kennedy seea Bennett
and supposes him dead. It Is tha cunning
displayed by these Chinese criminals In
preventing Kennedy from locating Ben
metre fortune, that bring Dew perils to
felnloe.
Klalne receives a box of roses which
ft first she believes are from Kennedy,
oslead a note from Wu Fang Is enclosed-.
He has planned to take tha lives
(of both Kennedy and Aunt Josephine.
To carry out this plot ha wires Kennedy's
apartment. Tha secret Information he
iobtalne In this way help him almost to
succeed, when hla plan la discovered by
(Kennedy, who traps htm and captured his
trusted lieutenant. Long Bin.
CHAPTER XXX.
Work of the Hidden Wire
Elaine sat In the Mbrary reading one
morning, when her maid, Maria, arv
tered. carrying a long poatboerd bos,
daintily' tied.
"Some flowers for you. Miss Elaine, 1
think." she said, handing tha box to her
mistress. '
There was no, quicker way to reach
line's heart thaa through flowers, and
her surprise and pleasure at tha gift
showed quickly In her fao as she took
the package.
Marie left tha room, and Elaine, after
contemplating for a moment la keen anti
cipation what site though at first was a
gift from Craig Kennedy, opened tha box.
.There lay a splendid bunch of long-stemmed
red and whits rosea.
Nestling In tha green leave was a little
white. note. Hhe picked it up expectantly
and tore It open. '
Instantly, however, bar face blanched.
Instead of a billet doux. It was tha most
fearsome threat yet which tha savage
Chinese master criminal, Wa Fang, had
aent In his vengeful vendetta which ha
had- sworn on account of tha loss of the
Clutching Hand's million.
Klalne had scarcely time to exclaim at
lis dire meaning, when Kennedy himself
entered,
"Oood morning," be greeted cheerily,
then cut the greeting short as ha caught
the horrofted expression on her pretty
face.
Why-what the mstterT"
Klalne was too Horrified even jet to
speak. All she could do was to hand htm
Hie note!
"The first victim shall be Craig Ken
nedy or your aunt. You may t hooee.
1'lace the red rosea In the window for
-nur lover, tha white for the silver-
haired one."
As he finished readmit the note, his
face could not conceal the alarm he felt,
not- for hlmaelf, but for Elaine at whom
the thing untlniately pointed.
VYh-what shall I dor1 she appealed, j
Craig did not anewsr directly. He
elected some from the bunch of red
roaes and hastily stuck them In a vase
and placed the vase an the window sill.
"lon't wony." he. reassured ner. "Just
trust me. I'll see this thing through,
(ioed bye-end be very, vtry careful.
Klalne atod gaslng at Mm a moment as
he left tha house, then turned ani almost
ran up to her room to think It all over.
Outside the Dodge hoase, tha dirty,
bent cripple looked about cautiously out
of the comer of his eye.
Suddenly he paused as If he had caught
alght of a mendicancy officer
bearing down on him. There on the
window sill of the library mas a vase of
red. roses. Hastily he shuffled off on
his way.
As fast as his supposedly bent body
could straighten tuelf safely out. he
hurried down-town with one idea to
reach the secret apartment of Wu Fung,
the Berpent.
Wu. Long Ein. and set era! other China
riten were gathered about a table on
which, was a long oblong oak box. In
the cover which was open were fastened
on the Inalde two flat spools of silken
covered wire. At each end of the box
was placed an ordinary storage battery.
and in a compartment between, besides
switches and connection, were what
looked like six sets of headgear, much
resembling tboee wore by wireless opera-
tois.
'Tikis." said wa. boldtcg np a tittle
black dic about as large aa a watch.
with a doaen or sa little perforations in
the fac, 'is the white devil's little ma
cliankul eaveedropper--4.il drlectaphoiie
u,e ear in the. wall. By Its aid we shall
leorn all about our enuniea, hr to
alrtke. wheu to"
He stopped short a a servant entered.
"Well-anythlng to report?"
Ret! roses." was all that the ex-beg
gar In his awe at the fierce Chinaman
could find wonria to blurt out.
Wu nodded. "It Is well. 1 will call
you attain when I need you. Ton may
go," he Instructed.
A moment later Wu left the secret
apartment, followed by hla heni.hmon.
splitting up Inconspicuously as they made
their way uptown.
I hnd rome into the laboratory anil.
not finding Kennedy, had decided to wait
there for him.
Perhaps half an hour later he came
rushing In, his face clouded with thought
and beads of perspiration standing out
on Ms forehead.
"What's the rouble T" I asked anxiously.
"Troirt.le enough," he replied, fllnglnr
off his hat and coat and throwing on his
smock as he related dlsjolntedly between
while what had happened. .
"And now I'm going to prepare for the
attack, whatever it may be," he went on.
going over briskly to the laboratory table.
"Where's that nitrate on here It Is."
"Walter." he asked, getting ready to go
out and Indicating to me to do the same.
"I wish you'd bring along that rug over
there by my sink."
Put It down In front of the door." he
directed when we reached the hall.
I planed the rug before our ddo and he
emptied almost half tha content of the
flask on It. Then he entered the labor
atory again, taking ear not to step on
the rof, but over It.
Meanwhile, Wu Fang and hla lieuten
ants had proceeded to tha basement of
our apartment house, after titer had
made sure that wa were stlU at the
laboratory.
Wu opened the oak case and began to
look about for a place to install tha little
listening ear by wires that would run up
from this cellar hiding place to our
apartment ahore.
ITgh! .hook!" cried one of the Chinamen,
pointing toward a corner of the . cellar
wall.
Wu turned. There was a rat which had
run out of a hole, had seen them and
scampered quickly across tha floor and
away safely.
"Walt here," ha ordered quickly, leav
ing hla men on guard In tha cellar.
It was nt very many minutes later
that Wu returned to the cellar with a
large cardboard box under his arm. Aa
be set tha box down on tlTfe table Is
moved llghtly as If there were some
thing alive Inalda It.
"No one has gone In, master," reported
one of the Chinamen.
Wu nodded and turned to another who
had been engaged In enlaraing the rat
hole In tha wall.
"Does it run upstairs?" he asked.
"Tea, master," returned tha other.
Ha left the cellar atealthtly and a few
minutes later reached tha upper hull
which at the time happened to be de
serted. Somehow he had obtained a
skeleton key which fitted our lock and
with Its aid he entered our apartment.
Wu Fang had a method of wiring In
tha detectaphone that was all hla own. He
went over to tha corner and drew from
his capacious blouse a chisel with which
lie ripped back a section of the base
board. After ha had removed it, he made
a little house In tha plaster and laths
of the wall. .
Next he drew on a pair of thick gloves,
snd carefully reached into the paste
board box. From It ha drew a peculiar
soft furry creature, yellowish white, long
of body and neck, with a very pointed
nose and red eyes. It was a ferret
This ferret, too, was different from
other ferrets. He wore a email leather
harness around hla shoulders. To this
harness, Wu attached one end of the
wire from the spool and made sure that
the spool would unwind readily.
Then he reached Into his pocket and
drew out something that had been rest
lessly kicking therea rat.
Finally he pushed the rat Into tfee hole
in the plaster which he had made and
an Instant later loosed the ferret after
It, as If on a leash of wire.
Wu faithfully played out the wire.
l oping (or the result ha had cumulated
carefully.
Suddenly, down In tho cellar, as c-ae of
the Chinamen had been watching and
listening, a scratching and scrambling
preceded by a shower of plaster told htm
that Wu's plan was working. The rat.
almost scared out of Ms little existence,
came tumbling and acrambllng through
the hole and was promptly seised. A
moment later. Just as Jack and Jill In
tha rhyme, came tumbling dowa the hill.
the ferret popped out hard In pursuit.
The Chinaman caught hint also, detached
the wire from hla harness, and pulled
thrice, the signal to Wu above.
Wu smiled to himself aa he felt the
Jerk a He unbound the rest of the coll.
letting the wire fall down between the
walls, then quickly shoved two fool
proof little plugs mid sockets on the rim
of the electric detectaphone the trans
mitter. Lastly he set the transmitter
In the hole In tha wall cloaa up to tha
baseboard, which he replaced. Then he
swept up the plaster bits carefully and
almost writhed his way out. snaka that
he was, still smiling fiendishly.
Perhaps half an hour after o r return
Into the laboratory after Kennedy bad
soaked the mat, he decided after much
deliberation to attempt to cany the war
Into the enemy's country. MV left tlio
laboralory, he to ek some i-Iim. 1 to io
down to the htnr where. I Imd a link
work to do
Kennedy had scarcely lu.de me goodlty
and turned out of the campus on the
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Ntatllng In the Green Leaves, wag a
avenue when he happened to sea a face
In the crowd which Interested him.
It was that of the woman who had
posed as Elaine Innocent Ines. He
paused a moment as she went by and
gazed after her. She had not seen him.
This was too good an opportunity to
miss. He turned and followed.
A moment later she entered the sub
way and Kennedy did also, taking an
Inconspicuous place In the crowd on the
platform. She changed to a local, then
got out and walked up Park Bow until
at last she came to Chatham Square. All
the time Craig was warily following.
There In the shadow of the elevated
she swung about and entered Chinatown,
passing down the narrow street until she
came to a typical chop suey Joint, tha
Mandarin. She entered, seated . herself
and ordered a bowl of tea.
Ines had not been there long before
she. attracted tha attention of Sara Tee,
tha proprietor, who came over and sat
down., while. .the two conversed in low
tones. i
"Is tha master In?" she whispered.
"No," he replied, "but Long Sin Is In
the other place. "
A short time "afterward ,as they still
talked. Kennedy after passing outside
the chop' suey 'Joint, decided to enter.
While Ines. and Sam were engaged in
earnest conversation, , he sat down at a
table nearby with his back to them, and
orrdered some tea and chop suey. 1 '
As nearly as he could make out .there
was a room somewhere which waa at
least one headnuartera of Long Sin, If
not Wu himself. But it was too risky
to. remain. They mlKht recognise him
and he was alone. He had had one such
experience which had pretty nearly
ended In disaster for himself. He fin
ished drlr.klnj his tea, paid his bill and
quietly went out.
Around on Park How again, he stopped
In a drug sU.rc whore there waa a tele
phone, booth and called up the agency
whoso operatives he had frequently em
ployed on routine matters llko shadow
ing. '
"Cen you arm! Chase down here lmnie
d'ately?" he asked, giving the address of
the drug store. , ,
It was only a matter of a few minutes
before Chase lolned Kenned- and to
gether they went back to Tnatown.
Craig expNInct to him In a low voloe
Just whnt It waa he wanted done-
With final parting Instruction the
young opera the entered the restaurant
and seated himself, while Kennedy with
drew to a place of greater safety, con
fident in Chaw.
The operative furtively watched Ines
and Sam talMng until finally she rose
and wert out by the street door. Chase
had already paid his bill so as to be
ready to have at any time and he fol
lowed Jjst at the moment when she
turned abruptly on the street and en
tered a doorway that led up In the same
building, only cutsldo.
Chase paused and thouaht a moment.
What waa Mp there? 8!ou!d lie follow?
Ines had. In the meantime, ccme to a
doorway at the head of a night of stain.
There she had given the secret rap a
short, a long and short, tap.
Long 3ln opened the door, "dood morn
ing, mlstresk," he smiled subtly, as he
admitted her.
It 'did nnt take Chase long, however, to
make up his mind.
He entered the dark, lll-emetllng hall
way and mounted the stepa cautiously.
careful not to mako them creak. He
paused at each door until he was sure
that thete was no one on the other ride.
At one. however, he could hear tow
voicea. He listened a moment, ihen tried
the knob roftly. The door was locked.
Carefully he put hU foot on the knob
and raised himself up by gripping tha
transom Just far enouch to peer over.
There were Inei and Long Sin talking
earnestly as Ines removed hey wraps
while Lonp Pli laid out a couple of opium
plles and' ooked two pills of the precious
hop with practised hand. .
Chaso let himself down as softly as he
had . pulled himself up and got away
witnout being seen. '
Kennedy returned to the apartment
after dispatching Chase on his mission
and there I met him as soon aa I waa
through down at the 'Star' office
We were talklnu over eur plans when
tilers come a nudC.rn knock t the door.
Crat ond It. It was tl.nse.
"I've fiuini tlm haniiout," he cried ex
i tur.il v -It s over that restaurant You
go In In thf rfl.. entrance and upstair.
I i;td ait far fir the door of the 4m. Bw
Lorn Mr and ht elrl getting ready for
an opium jug
I-In. w.irk. Chase '"' c'iiii.ilment.l
Cialg. seisitg the receiver "Hello-pollc
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Threatening MessaQa from u hang.
headquarters? Connect me with the
Elizabeth street station, please."
He waited Impatiently. "Sergeant," he
shouted, "this I Kennedy, Craig Ken
nedy. You remember I dropped in there
a few minutes ago and told you I was on
the trail of something. Well, I've got
If. The place la over the Mandarin."
While we hurried downtown the police
were being detailed for the raid and the
patrol wagon waa waiting for the squad.
Wa drove up In a taxlcab Just aa the
wagon swung around the comer. Al
most aa soon as we, the police were at
the side door. Two of them rushea the
Mandarin and arrested the taciturn pro
prietor. The rest battered down the door.
It crashed In and up the stair we
dashed.
"This door this one!" pointed out
Chase.
It also was locked, but it was the work
of only a minute to batter It down. We
broke through into the room, ready for
anything, man or devil.
It waa bare.
Wu Fang had already plugged in the
six receiver of the detectaphone snd,
though wa did not know It, was eagerly
listening with the others down In tho
cellar as Kennedy gave his orders for
the raid. Not a word escaped their ears.
What one of them could not understand
another managed to catch and repeat.
"Tom." muttered Wu, "you must get
down there at once."
Tom Ling had already heard what Craig
planned and needed no urging. He hur
ried downtown with a speed that would
have done credit to an occidental hustler.
WU Fang had outwitted us and saved
both Long Sin and Inei by the marvel
lous little eavesdropper.
It was some time after Kennedy left
the todge house that Elaine returned to
the library, still thinking about the notu
which she had received with the flowers.
As she entered she hardly noticed that
both Marie and Jennings were there.
She had scarcely awakened from her
day doam in which she was walking, as
It were, when her aulck eve uuiht alzht
of the vase of red roaes on tho window
sill. For the moment she wae almost
unable to speak In her fear and anger at
seeing' thla direct Invitation for attack
on Craig. She ran to the window, seized
the flowers, and dashed them to the
floor. .
"Who put those flowers there?" she
demanded of the astonished butler and
maid.
Neither 'of them, naturally knew
thing about It Nor did Aunt Josenhlne.
who happened to pa through the room
at the moment.
"Oh, I muat sea him I must," cried
Elaine, excitedly, aa sho hurried out tnr
her wraps. "Who knows what may have
happened?"
We r turned to our anjarti nft tit -ih
rlnrd. after our flat filnr
either Long Pin or even evidence against
W"u. It was not so much Crl .
the ridicule of the regular police, though
mat was not pleasant. It waa the mere
fact that he had been outwitted it
worried him.
Chase protested that he ixmA .i,..u
seen Long Pin and Ine In the room, and
we could not hl-lD bellevlnar
It looked as thouiih we had been leading
a wim goose hunt, we felt sure that It had
not Deen so. The birds hsd simply flown.
But how hud they found out? Surely the
police had not tipped them off. And yet
how had there been time for a warning
to get to them?
As we entered the in.Hnint tr.i.
dropped into a chair, scowling to himself.
- waicnea nm in gloomy sympathy. Sud
denly his fac brightened.
" hat do you think they"
He cut me short with hi finger on his
lips, patitomiminir alienee. Instead nf an
swering me he wrote on a slip of paper
uid handed it to me:
"There must be a detectaphone in thia
room. Talk about the weather anything
while I locate It."
Cralg went over to his desk and took
out . a small phx-e of apparatus which
seemed to consist of two sets of colls,
placed on ihe ends of a magnet bar. i
moved ever close while he fixed the a;i
parittua fr action.
At one point he stopped and moved the
Instrument vertically up along the wall.
"That's a gas pipe." he actawled on a
pad ncaiby.
"What's the 1 ,ti uiiient?" I wrote un
derneMli. "New apparatus to find pipe elec
trically." he returned. sUll writintf. "I
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thought I could apply it to find wires an.!
transmitters."
He adjusted the thing again. Letor, I
may say, he explained It all to me. It
waa a special application of the well
known induction balance principle. One
set of colls received an alternating cur
rent; the other wss connected with the
tittle telephone. He established a bal
ance so that the tel"phono was silenced.
whn the device came near metal piping
or wire, the balance was disturbed nnd
he heard a sound. ,
Suddenly he paused snd his face wrink
led. He stooped down ami made a mark
with a pencil on the baseboard. There,
back of that board, I knew, must be
hidden the little mechanical evesriropper.
As I followed him. I Impetuously reached
down and attempted to pull out the
board and expose the thing which his
detectaphone detector had traced. But
he seized my arm with a warning ges
ture in time to prevent me.
It wa at that moment that Elaine's
car stopped outside the apartment. Kho
had not found us at the laboratory and
now had come here.
As Cralg waa carefully putting back
into his depk the detectaphone detector,
our door was flung open and Elaine
burst In.
"Oh," she cried with an eager sigh of
relief at seeing Kennedy all right, as she
almost ran toward him, "I'm so glad
you"
She stopped short as Cralg motioned
to her to be silent She did not under
stand and for a moment stopped non
plussed as he picked up a pencil and be
gan to write on a pad Instead of meet
ing her advance.
An Instant later her mobile face looked
up at him In wonder as she read:
"Every word we say Is being over
heard through a detectaphone in the
wall. Don't be surprised at anything I
say."
Then he walked deliberately over to
the wall near which the Instrument was
concealed and leaned down to Insure his
words being heard distinctly by those
listening.
"I am going over to the laboratory for
an hour." he said In a loud distinct
tone. "Jameson, will you escort Mi.3
Dodge home?"
"WTty, certainly," I replied with slac
rlty. A moment later we all left the room
chattering in forced tones about a hun
dred Inconsequential things. Cralg banged
the door.
But before wa left he reached Into his
pocket and took out the flask and
atomiser which I had seen htm place
there. H poured the contents of the
flask on the rug, distributing It evenly
and careful not to step on the rug, re
placed both flask and atomiser In hla
pocket 1
I accompanied' Elaine to her car and
we drove away while Kennedy left the
apartment on foot
Downstairs, Wu Fang had been listen
ing at the other end of the detectaphone.
Aa Craig moved about the room hunting
for the transmitter, Wu seemed to scent
trouble, though he heard nothing. The
very silence was enough to alarm him.
Still nothing happened.
Wu's Interest revived as Long Sin en
tered and reported how the raid had gone
wrong. At a nod from Wu he took his
place at the Big Six.
Their attention was soon at fever heat,
when Elaine entered our rooms. Wu,
Long Sin, and the others listened breath
lessly. As Craig told us what to do they
looked at each other' knowingly. Thi
waa the chanco they sought.
The Chinamen waited until they heard
us go out. then all but one removed the
receivers front their ears.
"fciee whether they really go," directed
Wu to one of tha number, who glided out
and up the cellar steps, psrt way.
In hiding, the man watched me hatid
Elaine Into tho car and gazed after Ken
nedy some minutes, then dropped back
again into the cellar to report to Wu.
"They hnve all gone, Master," he bowed.
"Oood," Wu exclaimed, smiling his sub
tle sinister smile as he handed Long Sin
a vial and a key. "You understand?"
"Yes, Master," nodded Long Sin with an
evil leer.
He hastily climbed the stair from the
cellar to our apartment For a few sec
onds he stood on the rug as he Inserted
the skeleton key In the lock. Then
swinging the door open cautiously, he en
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tered. He looked about a minute. Tli
apartment was empty.
Slowly Long Sin walked over to tiie
table and began examlnirg the article
on It. Finally he picked up Kennedy
pipe and ajjain his inscrutable face
lighted with rtiahollcnl joy.
He took the vlul quickly ftoia hi
pocket and with a small soft brush
painted the .nouthplece of the pipe with
the liquid from the vial.
He laid the pipe down as he found It
and beit a hesty retreet.
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We had scarcely time to dnw to
Elaine's house when a mcssose reached
us from Kenneth- directing us to return
and lrtet hlni several squares below our
arartnient.
We did so Immediately. There was
Kennedy with Chase and three or four
policemen.
'In ten minute I want you to raid the
apartment," he said, looking at his
watch. "I'm going In there now."
In spite of the pleadltiKS of Elaine he
walked off around the corner In the di
rection nf our quarter.
lie entered the bulldlnir and, as he
opened our own door, drew a gun, kick
ing the door open and retreating a etep.
No one wa there and he went In.
Craig looked about a moment. On the
surface nothing had been disturbed. He
went through the bedrooms. Nothing
was disturbed there.
81owly he went back again to the door,
way, all the time careful not to step on
tho rug. Starting near It he began
sprayinp t:ie floor with the atomizer.
It was one of his own inventions which
he called a "photo-mat."
As the spray fell on the carpet and
hardwood it developed Long Sin's foot
prints ' exactly.
Carefully, Kennedy followed them ns
the chemicals brought them out Lons
Sin had not walked around the room
much, evidently, as Cralg advanced
slowly along the floor, still spraying. Aa
each step came out it was apparent that
Long Kin had done little else but go to
the table and then leave.
Cralg looked at the table a moment.
There seemed to be nothing on it that
would attract a man of Long Sin's
taints. Mechanically, Cralg picked up
his pipe lying there snd looked at it
contemplatively. He sniffed at the mouth
piece. There was a peach stone smell.
Then he took up a magnifying glass and
examined It.
"Cyanide," he muttered to himself un
der his breath, laying the pipe down gin
gerly. For a moment he thought, then a sud
den Impulse seemed to seize him. HI
mind waa made up. Ho moved over
closer to the markd baseboard. Suddenly
he uttered a sharp cry.
"Hello central! Help! Help! I'm poi
soned!" At the same time he struck the wall a
blow as though he were falling.
Down in the cellar the six Chinamen
looked at each In unfeigned delight as
they heard the call for help and the thud
followed by suppressed groans and cries.
Quickly Wu pulled the detectaphone re
ceiver off his head. '
"Here take this," he ordered Long Sin,
handing him a paper which he drew from
under his blouse.
Long Sin took It and looked at it with
a smile of satisfaction. He understood.
On the paper was drawn Wu's sign of
the serpent with fangs striking viciously
and victoriously.
Beckoning to another of the Chinamen,
Long Sin went out and upstairs.
Meanwhile Cralg, who has been listen
ing at tha door expecting some such in
cursion, heard Long Sin approaching. Ha
seated himself in a chair, sprawling out
rigidly, eyes closed.
Without waiting. Long Sin and his,
servant entered stealthily. The Chlna
men stood in the doorway and Long Sin
slowly crept over to Kennedy's chair.
As he reached down to pin the sign of
the serpent on Kennedy's apparently life
less body, Cralg seemed to come to Ufa.
He seized Long Bin and they struggled
fiercely, while, Cralg, freeing one hand,
whipped out his automatic and fired side
ways at the Chinaman In tha doorway.
The Chinaman fell, lay there a moment,
then raised himself up and with fast
ebbing strength managed to crawl out
of tha doorway and down the hall.
It was a death grapple between Cralg
and the wily Long Sin. At last they had
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eqch other face to face. But It was un
equal. Short snd sharp came the moves
Cralg had In Ills pocket a newly In
vented pair of handcuffs which snapped
automatically over first one, then th
other of lxmg Sin's bony wrlrts. Then
he pressed the bracelets tighter until even
Long Sin winced.
As Craig stood panting over his pris
oner, the wounded Chinaman stajrgered
downstairs until he almost fell Into the
cellar.
"Master," lie gasped. "He is alive!"
The mere hint of Kennedy's name was
as though some word of black magic
had been rpoken to them. The three other
Chinamen fell back as If In fear of an
uncanny power.
Wu, white with anger, raised bis hand,
and they cowered still.
"Is anyone else there with him?" de
manded Wu.
The wounded Chinaman had only
strength to nod hi head In the negative.
"Then there is time yet," ground out
Wu furiously. "Follow me."
Crslg war still bendln? over Long bin
making sure of his capture when he
heard the scurry of footsteps outside.
It was Wu and his servants. CraU
rushed to the door but did not In time
to close it.
Instantly his gun spat a fatal dab or
smoke and fire st the foremost Chine
man, who dropped. Cralg seized the next
on-rushing Oriental and flung him
over his head, butting him like a human
battering ram directly Into Wu.
Craig's onslaught had been fiercer and
more unexpected than tho Chinamen had
bargained for. They recoiled- Kenned:
instantly slammed the door on Wu and
the rest.
They recovered In a few seconds and
returned to the attack, battering agninst
the door. It swayed and creaked with
the weight of the Chinamen pushlnT
against it while Kennedy plugged away
blindly with his gun through tha panels.
A the ton minutes ended, I gave the
signal to the driver. The police crowded
in with us and we shot around the cor
ner and up the street. In front of the
apartment we could sen and hear now
that shots were being fired off. Were
we in time?
We dashed upstairs. As we came down
the hall, we caught a gllmpso of Wu
Fang and his underlings at our door
They had almost broken through.
They were too late to get Kennedy. .
But we were too late to get them.
Wu knocked out the foremost police
man and dashed -down the hallway with
another after him. He managed to gain
the roof, and slamming the door up
there, braced it on the other side. Then,
crossing tha roofs, he succeeded In
reaching another apartment and escaping.
"Oralg," I shouted, pulling on the bat
tered but still Jocked door. "Thla is
Walter."
Tho . door opened snd we piled Into
Kennedy's room.
There sat Long Sin, at last manacled
and bound, sullen, In a chair.
Elaine breathed a sigh of relief as she
seized both of Kennedy's hands.
"You you got him at last!" she cried.
"Tea." he answered caressing her hand
gently, "but there Is still the master
criminal."
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
80s
Dn.Bcna F BAitavfe
Sanatorium
This institution la tha only one
In tha central west with separate
buildings situated in their ova
ample (rounds, yet entirely dls
tiuct, and rendering it possible to
classify caeea. The one building
being fitted tor and devoted to the
treatment of non-contagious and
non-mental diseases, no others be
ing admitted; the other Rest Cot
tag being designed tor and de-
,ted to the exclusive treatment
of select mental cases requiring
for a time watchful cars and spe
cial nursing.